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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
New York's Network of Wires.

There are about 5000 miles Of tele-
graph and telephone wires in New York
city. or this number the Western Union
Telegraph company operates and con-
trolls more than 5000 miles, 500 miles of
which are already placed in conduits
underground. The same company oper-
ates over 430. 900 miles all told. Its
wires If stretched in one continuous line
would 60 around the globe nearly eight
cen times, and they would reach from
the earth to the moon and almost back
again. The 10000 miles of wire in this
city would make over Q .a2O parallel lines
from the Battery to Harlem river. and
over double that number from the East
to the North river at the greatest width
of Manhattan Island.
This length Of wire weighs compare
lively little. The wires of the Western
Union company vary in weight from
$50 to CSC pounds per mile. Taking the
smallest sized wire as a basis for calcula-
ton, n ton Of metal would make thir-
teen and one-third miles of wire, while
1000 tons would be sufficient to stretch
around the world, with plenty to spare.
The cost Of the wires is about six cents
per pound. They are very durable when
stretched through an open country, last
ing from twenty-five to thirty years.
Atmospheric changes affect them but
little. Repairs are chiefly made in towns
where chemical substances are used for
manufacturing purposes, the smoke from
the factory chimneys being very destruc-
tive To the metal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27

Says a Mexican mine owner: I'VE usu.
ally have trusty men who act as detectives
and work around in the mine picking up
information. In this way we discover
many strange devices to smuggle out the
mineral. One day a detective came to
Inc and said when such and such men
come out examine their sandals. / had
that done, On the bottoms of the sandals
was what appeared TO be mud, but when
it was scraped into q pan and worked l
found that 1t ran at the rate of $4,000 TO
the ton. My miners had plastered a thin
layer Of mud from the mine over the
leather and then ~sprinkled on the par
ticles of silver, and over all had put
another layer of mud. They were work
ing for thirty-sevcn and a half cents a day,
and carrying out fifty cents worth Of
silver on the sole of each sandal. New
York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
THE WORLDS BIGGEST SPONGE.

Description Of q Prize Taker-Mediter-
ranean sponges-Curiosities Found.
''That is the largest Florida sponge in
the world" said a William street dealer
to a reporter.
The sponge looked like the matched
roof of a small cabin. and measures
eight feet in circumference when wet.
we have one in Philadelphia on tenn
porary exhibition there that is ten feet in
circumference. 1t is from the Mediter-
ranean. This sponge has taken medals
in France, Amsterdam, New Orleans and
other places. We would not take $500
for it. 1t holds fifteen gallons of water
The reporter was then shown the
smallest, which is as big as a chestnut,
and never grows any larger. II is taken
on the reefs and is sold for a slate sponge.
''The Mediterranean sponges,' con-
tinued the informant, ''are taken in the
Grecian archipelago, by men in diving
suits, who go into much deeper water
than they do in Florida. There most OF
them are taken with graphing irons, in
the same way as oysters. They can be
seen with the eye at the bottom, clinging
to the rocks. When one is dislodged
another grows in its place, taking from
six months to a year. A great many
are also taken in the Bahamas. The
market for that crop is Nassau, New
Providence. Key West is the market
for the Florida sponges. which are taken
all along the coast. Trieste and London
are the markets for the Mediterranean
sponges. Some are taken off the coast
of China"
"Are any curiosities found in them?"
1--WE had one once that inclosed a
large jug. 1t was a fine sponge, and
had grown completely around it. They
are frequently full of shells. When a
sponge is first taken out of the water it
is as black as ink, and it has to be treated
by various processes until it becomes the
color commonly seen. A sponge is the
lowest order of animal life, being con-
sidered partly animal and partly vege-
table. A number of minute animals live
in it. The business is about half a CEN
fury old in this country. Sponges are
sold by the bale in this country, and by
the case in Europe, They weigh from
% to 100 pounds. When sold by weight
the dealers are allowed TO sand them
about % per cent. Prices range from
$40 to $50, the latter for very fine
toilet sponges. There are many grades,
such as silk, velvet, cup, glass, bath,
surgeon, slate, ETC."
''Whcn is the active season.
''SprinS and fall are the active seasons
for selling. For gathering, the latter
part Of the year--November and De-
cember-is the most active, although
some fishing is carried on all the year."
New York Mail and Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
Grains of sand.

The manufacture of sand is an impor-
tant industry, which has Pittsburg for its
headquarters, although the sand is not
made within the limits of the city. There
is a considerable traffic in Monongahela
sand, which is scooped up from the bed
of the river, 10 be used for common
building purposes; but the manufacture
of sand is quite another affair, and the
product goes into quite a different COM
modify, which is glass.
Practically glass is almost pure sand,
other substances used in its manufacture
for f1uxing being consumed while the
sand is transformed to q greater or less
degree of transparency. The sand used
in glass making is almost pure silica, SO
nearly pure that there is less than / per
cent. Of iron, magnesia and aluminium,
to 09.1 per cent. of the other. And of
this sand, which is quarried out of the
hills and ground down to various de-
grees of ~fineness. and washed to various
degrees of whiteness. 800 tons are manu-
featured daily. 400 tons being consumed
in and about Pittsburg aHd 400 tons 60
ing into eastern Ohio and West Virginia,
TO Wheeling, Bellaire. Columbus and all
points within a circuit of $50 miles from
Pittsburg.-Popular Science Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27

II is doubtless the case that in many
instances-and perhaps they are the
majority-dying persons lapse gradually
into an Inconsistencies that ends their
bodily pain, and saves them from the
anguish Of the final parting with those
they leave behind. 1t is not uncommon,
however, for clearness Of comprehension
TO persist to the last, and perhaps il is
still more common for some Of the special
senses TO preserve their activity. We
think IL was Ernst Wagner who, in his
''General Pathology" dwelt particularly
on the preservation Of the sense Of hear
ing in many cases long after the apparent
occurrence Of Inconsistencies, and who
tenderly cautioned his readers that this
possibility should be borne in mind
New York Medical journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27

A MEETING was held at Laramie
City, Wyo., on the 18th tor the pur
pose OF organizing an association OF
horse growers for Wyoming and nd.
joining states and territories. The call
was signed by Messrs. Thomas Alsop
NJ. b. Sprague, Anderson, Neteler &
Co., A. q. Dunn, 4. Davis, j. ). Giey,
NJ. G. Brown. and among the reasons
they give for desiring to organize such
an association are that ''the busin,s.
of horse growing Is rapidly becoming
one of the important interests OF Wy,
oming. IL is believed by many of u
engaged IN this business that it can be
made more profitable and remunera-
tive If differently managed. That tho
present system Of round.sps is wholly
inadequat aud loo expensive 10 bs
longer continued. That many radical
changes must be made and to bring
these about JOINT acton by all those
engaged 10. the business Is indis.
%pensable."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
IheAnness of CIncLa.

Clocks are not only useful but very Or
namental, and so very cheap, too. A
very pretty antique pressed brass mantel
clock american make. with a deep
toned cathedral gong Of a far away
sound, can he had for $40. A good
timekeeper, nickel plated, costs but
ninety cents. The prices have this wide
range, and selections can he made from
various thousands of Office clocks, alarms,
cuckoos, halls, and striking or silent re-
corders Of the flight of precious hours.
Clocks that tell the state of the weather,
and are also calendars; clocks that tinkle
the half hours md chime the full; clocks
that work like watches or swing the
faithful pendulum, and, in fact. clocks Of
all kinds, matching all dispositions, are
abundant and cheap, ard there seems to
be no excuse for even the occupant Of ar.
east side fiat Tor not having one. These
Yankee clocks are appreciated abroad
and below, for the expectations to Europe,
Mexico and South America number 1000
a day.-New York Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27

| B'LIEvE dat ef | wuz on er race
boss on bad two hours de start, debt
could jump on er COW an obertake me.
i dOan un'erstan' how 1t am dat some
folks dat hsin't got half de sense nur
nigh de Judgment dat / Is ken run
right along outen Debt, while de cut
throat mortgage has allus got It's bad
eye on my crap. lister allow dat II
wus COZ / was too homes. but sence I
kotch myself wishin' dat | had Nj.
So.snd.So's farm, without stoppin' to
think what would become of Mr.. So
and.So's chilluD, Use sor.er come ter
'clusion dat II I goes ter the Dollhouse
IL won't be my honesty dat takes me
dar. You'll find mo- honesty 'mung
well.to.do folks dan you will 'mung
people dat has ter lib frum ban ter
mouf.-Arksnsaw Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
w ednesday, July az, 1887.

The recent gathering of teachers in
Chicago was the most important and
largest event 90 its kind ever held in
America. If not in the world. The at
tendance is estimated at about ten
thousand professional teachers. The
main meeting was held in Central
Music Hall, with overlooking meet.
ings in the court house and Madison
street Theatre, and various division
aud council meetings in othe spacious
halls. Besides there we're thousands
constantly in attendance in the Expo.
sition Building, where the great school
exhibit filled the south wing Of that
immense building. Never before has
education received so great an impulse
as at this meeting in Chicago, the
city of public schools, Cook county
the county Of normal methods, and
Illinois, the state o. great educational
facilities. The thousands of teachers
assembled from all parts Of the nation
were received Hospitality by the city,
the county, and the state, all of which
took great pains TO exhibit the work of
their splendid school systems. Near.
~ one-half the total exhibits were
from Illinois, and no public school to.
day stand in higher than those of the
Sucker state. In the meeting general
education and scholarly attainmenia
were displayed in favorable com paris.
on with technical and industrial
schools workers, but in the exhibits
the work of the industrial aud teclnol.
ogical and scientific schools over
Swallowed classical learning. histori.
cal wisdom, and RHETORICAL finish so
far that comparison il out of the qu-s.
ton. The old education still DO DIS
sway in preparing men aud women
for leading public opinion. but the
education promises by far the
most in sustaining the material pros.
perity OF the people. The old educa.
ton is, and Away. will be needed to
give breadth and finish t. the mind,
while the new education is filling Its
sphere in furnishing facts for the
mind and skill to the hand and eye.
The old education prepares men to
deal with the minds of Others, while
the new education prepares them to
deal with materials also. The old ed.
uca,ion broadens the soul and mind;
the new education sptcializes the
mind and trains the hand.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
Stirring Them Up

The brisk, lively housekeeper is de-
scribed aptly in a new novel Of western
life, "Zury." ''She was called O come
gals kind of a woman by neighbors,
partly in ridicule of her enthusiasm and
partly in admiration of her energy. 1t
was told Of her that she would get up
before light on Monday, fly around, un-
cover the fire, hang on the kettle and call
up the ladder 10 the loft:
"'Come, gals! Dew start up'n' start
in! To-day's Monday, Tomorrow Tues
day N next days Wednesday, n then
comes Thursday, Friday m Saturday
the hull week gone N nothin' done. ~
Boston journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
Methods OF the Dudes.

The old clo' man could, if he would,
tell curious secrets of well dressed hui
mainly. Most of us can recall transac-
tons with this peripatetic trader, in
which. after treating with contumely
each individual piece of a not inelegant
wardrobe, he lugged off the garments
and left with the seller a pitifully small
sum in exchange. The gilded youth
does these things better. His old clothes
are but technically old, as the young
soldier Of n few years service is techni-
callya veteran. He never wears a gar
mcnt longer than a few weeks, and he
sells it for a fair percentage of the
original Cost. He gets long credits from
his tailor and cash down from the old
clo' man. He thus contriyes TO be
always well dressed at a comparatively
moderate cost. II is told of a great
ready made clothier's son that the young
maj appeared in a new suit at least once
a month. lie wore his garments care
fully, and after they had been pressed
and cleaned returned them TO his fathers
stock to be sold as new to an unsuspect-
ing public. New York Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
Indian Medicinal Ideas,

The Indian ideas about medicine"
are so widely different from those at
tached to the same expression by the
whites that it is necessary TO explain the
matter. AS all diseases are supposed by
them to he, not a disturbance Of natural
actions of the body, but the effects pro-
duced by the presence of an evil spirit or
several Of them in the human economy;
consequently the remedy consists of some
thing that will drive out the demons, and
this can only be through the agency of
spirits opposed to those already in pos
session.
The term medicine consequently
mean something possessing in itself a
spirit of the right sort to Gust the malig-
nant powers. A remedy, as we under
stand it. cannot be conceived by the
savage; he has no word having any
such significance in his vocabulary.
Like all savages, the Indian believes
that the entire universe is filled with
powers, individuals who are more or less
human in character, and swayed by
motives similar TO those which move
ordinary humanity. Everything, ami
mate or inanimate, has its own individual
spirit or elemental" which survives
long after the original has disappeared.
Hence the warrior is buried with his
arms, for use in the future state of exist
ence. The friendly powers of the earth
and air are bound to do him good by
reason of their original nature, but those
which are able 10 do him harm are
flattered and placated in every way he
can think will serve the purpose. The
malignant powers are supposed to be
moved by all the human passions, and
some of them are thought to be easily
frightened, others may be cajoled. while
some are extremely r~evengeful and
hardly to be influenced by man.-Globe-
Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
Count Boust's Simplicity.

Count Beust left a written statement OF
the manner in which his estate was to be
disposed Of, but no formal will; for, he
he said in the statement referred 10, ''to
make a will is a repulsive thing" He
directed that the simple stone above his
grave should bear only his name, the
dates Of his birth and death, and the
words "Pcace to his ashes, justice TO his
memory. New York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27
The LaponIan style ~ Beauty.

One may easily construct a Lapp pro-
totype by taking a quantity Of worn out,
mJtn eaten turs and arranging them into
an unsymmctrical, oblong bundle. placed
erect and %surmOunted by u freshly smoked
ham, with two small pink marbles thrust
rudely into The skin side. and you will
have the general effect. -Outing,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27

One Of our human frailties is the appe-
lite with which we devour the trivial. Il
is a kind Of lust for the contemplate and
quite as facilitating to the higher and
spiritual man as the sensual Is 10 the
grDsser and physical man. -Signor Max.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27

OSE Of the last acts performed by
Ben Perely Poore before he was strck.
en down, II Is said, was on the recent
birthday OF George w. Childs. Mr.,
Poore went TO the government print.
ing office and set his ! 900 ems for the
Childs fund like the rest Of the prin-
tiers.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-27

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othsrs, will be recognised unless accompanies D, a
written order signed By the publisher or business
manager.
The editor Of TIRE YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL 10 not
fsponsible for any Of the opinions or uttsrsnees Of
iu correspondents.
Notice Is hereby given to all concerned that TIE
YRLLowsrosE JOURNAL holds the contract from
the governor Of Montana, 10 do all printing and
advertising. Of Whatever nature chsrgeable 70 Gus
Ter county ; and Is also the designated and only
paper In Custer county In which services by pub
location can be legally made. Legal notices pub
liased 10 other papers Of Custer county, are rotd
and worthless, As has been decided by the courts OF
Montana.
ter INTENDED for publicstion in this paper, should
b addressed TO The YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL"
aud the name Of the writer must be given to insure
attention.
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-12-28
A Happy Thought.

The listener has heard navy story
which has been going round the ware
rooms for some little time, he supposes,
which is worth telling A few wears ago
the commander Of United States man
of-war, stationed with feet at the tropi
cal port. went away on leave Of absence.
leaving the ship in charge of the next in
command, who happened 10 be an officer
of sociablc tendencies and agreeable life.
Toward the close Of the captains leave,
his subs itute, the lieutenant, came under
a violent temptation to visit a neighbor
ing city, where certain social exieencies
seemed to require his presence.
So he, toe, took his departure, abso-
luiely without leave, intending to return
the next day He did not return next
dav. however. nor the day after; in fact
his absence was prolonged into week,
and when the captain finally returned he
found the lieutenant had Just reported,
although some Shai the worse for wear
In the meantime the escapade had he
come known to all the fleet, including
Admiral Twineby. who was disposed TO
make fuss about 1t. The captain called
the lieutenant and obiurgited him quite
warmly. The lieutenant had no expla-
nation 20 make-nothing 10 say.
Well" said the captain, there will
naturally be a court martial and the
captain smiled rather grimly as he said it9
either yon, or /. OF Admiral Twineby
will have TO suffer for it,"
This remark seemed 10 supply the
lieutenaui with . happy thought. He
got up, seize the captain by the collar
and Whispered hoarsely and unsteadily
in his ear:
Shay, tell YOU what well do; Wen
shove il off on old Taineby"
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Home VS.. Saloons.

There are two institutions at least
which are in utter and everlasting antag-
onis "A, the home and the saloon. At
home the ladies and the innocent chill
dren make the atmosphere bright and
wholesome, and fill the spot with peace
ful memories The saloon is the antip-
odes of all this II is eminently q mas
culine arrangement---a one-sided concern.
No man, unless sunk in the depths of
degradation, would dream of introducing
his wife and children into il. The wo-
men in our day, in all civilized countries.
are endowed with liberties which are
gradually extending; but they were
never asked, and will never be asked TO
support the whiskey saloons 1t has
been, in years gone by, as if the male
side of humanity, not being sufficiently
refined to be satisfied with the JOYS and
comforts of home, endeayored to find
something radically opposite, with which
10 console himself during some part of
the day or night. That man never in
vites his "help-meet' to share bis uncanc-
tilted pleasures shows at least his appre-
citation of her higher nature and his ac-
quiescence in the idea that the surround
ines and influences of the saloon are not
fitted for creature of fine tastes and in
clinations. 1t may be that some such
thoughts AZ these have haunted those in
this and other States who are closing up
the liquor saloons onder the operation of
the local option law. They hsve recog-
nized the fact that If the home is to Weld
its full power in making man only a lit
tie lower than the angels" those places
must be closed which induce him in
many instances TO fall, until be is only Il
little above the scale of the devils